| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Safety and efficacy of long-term statin treatment for cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease and abnormal liver tests in the Greek Atorvastatin and Coronary Heart Disease Evaluation (GREACE) Study: a post-hoc analysis | Lancet, The | 2010 | 594 |
| 2 | The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise training in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus | European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation | 2007 | 243 |
| 3 | Diabetic Nephropathy: New Risk Factors and Improvements in Diagnosis | Review of Diabetic Studies | 2015 | 169 |
| 4 | Exercise Reduces Resistin and Inflammatory Cytokines in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes | Diabetes Care | 2007 | 130 |
| 5 | Insulin resistance and endocrine characteristics of the different phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome: a prospective study | Human Reproduction | 2012 | 117 |
| 6 | The relationship of premature progesterone rise with serum estradiol levels and number of follicles in GnRH antagonist/recombinant FSH-stimulated cycles | European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology | 2012 | 112 |
| 7 | Comparison of four definitions of the metabolic syndrome in a Greek (Mediterranean) population | Current Medical Research and Opinion | 2010 | 93 |
| 8 | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with insulin resistance and lipid accumulation product in women with polycystic ovary syndrome | Human Reproduction | 2016 | 91 |
| 9 | Discrimination indices as screening tests for β-thalassemic trait | Annals of Hematology | 2007 | 85 |
| 10 | Increased Values of Mean Platelet Volume and Platelet Size Deviation Width May Provide a Safe Positive Diagnosis of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura | Acta Haematologica | 2008 | 76 |
| 11 | Effects of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors and beta-blockers on markers of arterial stiffness | Journal of the American Society of Hypertension | 2014 | 75 |
| 12 | Acupuncture in the Treatment of Obesity: A Narrative Review of the Literature | Acupuncture in Medicine | 2013 | 73 |
| 13 | Cardiovascular benefits of bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients | Obesity Reviews | 2011 | 72 |
| 14 | Lifestyle intervention and anti-obesity therapies in the polycystic ovary syndrome: impact on metabolism and fertility | Endocrine | 2013 | 72 |
| 15 | Exercise and Carotid Atherosclerosis | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | 2008 | 71 |
| 16 | Malnutrition in Patients with Acute Stroke | Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism | 2011 | 65 |
| 17 | Stress hyperglycemia and acute ischemic stroke in-hospital outcome | Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | 2017 | 61 |
| 18 | Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome | Clinical Endocrinology | 2013 | 54 |
| 19 | The controversial role of B-vitamins in cardiovascular risk: An update | Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases | 2009 | 53 |
| 20 | Copper levels in patients with hematological malignancies | European Journal of Internal Medicine | 2012 | 47 |
| 21 | Effect of various treatments on leptin, adiponectin, ghrelin and neuropeptide Y in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets | 2011 | 46 |
| 22 | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: Pathogenesis and Treatment Options | Current Vascular Pharmacology | 2012 | 42 |
| 23 | Statin-based treatment for cardiovascular risk and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Killing two birds with one stone? | Annals of Medicine | 2011 | 39 |
| 24 | Atorvastatin: safety and tolerability | Expert Opinion on Drug Safety | 2010 | 38 |
| 25 | The effect of weight loss and treatment with metformin on serum vaspin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome | Endocrine Journal | 2011 | 38 |
| 26 | Cross-sectional analysis of the effects of age on the hormonal, metabolic, and ultrasonographic features and the prevalence of the different phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome | Fertility and Sterility | 2012 | 37 |
| 27 | The effect of folic acid supplementation on carotid intima-media thickness in patients with cardiovascular risk: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial | International Journal of Cardiology | 2010 | 36 |
| 28 | Prevalence and geographic variation of abdominal obesity in 7- and 9-year-old children in Greece; World Health Organization Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative 2010 | BMC Public Health | 2017 | 36 |
| 29 | Evaluation of use of proton pump inhibitors in Greece | European Journal of Internal Medicine | 2009 | 35 |
| 30 | Potential treatment of human nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids | Nutrition Reviews | 2013 | 33 |
| 31 | The role of orlistat combined with lifestyle changes in the management of overweight and obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome | Clinical Endocrinology | 2014 | 33 |
| 32 | Role of asymmetrical dimethylarginine in the progression of renal disease | Nephrology | 2013 | 32 |
| 33 | Is HbA1c an ideal biomarker of well-controlled diabetes? | Postgraduate Medical Journal | 2021 | 31 |
| 34 | Health benefits and consequences of the Eastern Orthodox fasting in monks of Mount Athos: a cross-sectional study | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2017 | 30 |
| 35 | Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2 and Coronary Heart Disease | Current Pharmaceutical Design | 2018 | 28 |
| 36 | The role of ankle brachial index and carotid intima-media thickness in vascular risk stratification | Current Opinion in Cardiology | 2010 | 27 |
| 37 | Iatrogenic hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and metaanalysis | Atherosclerosis | 2011 | 27 |
| 38 | Associations between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and ischemic stroke | World Journal of Hepatology | 2018 | 27 |
| 39 | Impact of Autonomic Neuropathy on Left Ventricular Function in Normotensive Type 1 Diabetic Patients: A tissue Doppler echocardiographic study | Diabetes Care | 2008 | 26 |
| 40 | Adipokines, Insulin Resistance and Hyperandrogenemia in Obese Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Cross-Sectional Correlations and the Effects of Weight Loss | Obesity Facts | 2012 | 26 |
| 41 | Platelet-derived microparticles in overweight/obese women with the polycystic ovary syndrome | Gynecological Endocrinology | 2013 | 26 |
| 42 | Characteristics and management of 1093 patients with clinical diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia in Greece: Data from the Hellenic Familial Hypercholesterolemia Registry (HELLAS-FH) | Atherosclerosis | 2018 | 26 |
| 43 | Circulating platelet-derived microparticles are elevated in women with polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosed with the 1990 criteria and correlate with serum testosterone levels | European Journal of Endocrinology | 2011 | 25 |
| 44 | Prognostic significance of major lipids in patients with acute ischemic stroke | Metabolic Brain Disease | 2017 | 25 |
| 45 | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean subjects: Prognosis, outcomes and management | World Journal of Gastroenterology | 2020 | 25 |
| 46 | Defective Platelet Aggregation in Myelodysplastic Syndromes | Acta Haematologica | 2007 | 24 |
| 47 | Increased incidence of iron deficiency anemia secondary to inadequate iron intake in institutionalized, young patients with cerebral palsy | International Journal of Hematology | 2008 | 24 |
| 48 | Effects of Lifestyle Measures, Antiobesity Agents, and Bariatric Surgery on Serological Markers of Inflammation in Obese Patients | Mediators of Inflammation | 2010 | 24 |
| 49 | Diabetes mellitus and cerebrovascular disease: which are the actual data? | Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications | 2009 | 23 |
| 50 | Naltrexone sustained-release (SR) + bupropion SR combination therapy for the treatment of obesity: ‘A new kid on the block’? | Annals of Medicine | 2011 | 23 |
